The 23-year-old winger - the first player to represent the club at a World Cup since Muzzy Izzet for Turkey - shone on his debut against Armenia for the Desert Foxes two weeks ago

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City star Riyad Mahrez has now touched down in Brazil with his Algeria team-mates ahead of this month’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The 23-year-old winger - the first player to represent the club at a World Cup since Muzzy Izzet for Turkey - shone on his debut against Armenia for the Desert Foxes two weeks ago, in a performance that convinced manager Vahid Halihodzic to name him in the final 23-man squad for the finals in Brazil.

Algeria are currently the highest placed African team in FIFA’s world rankings, one place ahead of the Ivory Coast in 22nd position, and will kick off their campaign in Group H alongside Belgium, South Korea and Russia.

The much-fancied Belgian side will be their first opponents on Tuesday week, with any kind of result against them surely going some way towards improving Algeria’s chances of making it out of the group stages.

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